RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

James Anderson and Ross Jensen discuss the top 10 dynasty prospects who have yet to reach the majors, including Roman Anthony, Sebastian Walcott and Leo De Vries! Roman Anthony Sebastian Walcott Leo De Vries Jesus Made Walker Jenkins Jac Caglianone Samuel Basallo Bubba Chandler Luis Pena Bryce Eldridge Braylon Payne Arjun Nimmala Honorable Mentions Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert an...

It's time to cut slumping hitters. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson look at 10 hitters with negative values and discuss whether to cut them.  --- 00:00 Fred Pod 5-6 00:30 Welcome 01:00 News : 01:15 Teoscar Hernandez to IL 05:20 Yordan Alvarez 10:15 Shota Imanaga to miss at least two weeks 12:15 AJ Smith-Shawver with his best start after being a trendy waiver wire add on Sunday 15:00 Evan Carter recal...

Scott Jenstad and Jeff Erickson break down the weekend news and the FAAB results of the week.  --- 00:00 MLB Pod 4-27-25 00:30 Player Talk / Week 5 Preview 01:00 Aaron Judge is just ridiculous (.432 / .520 / .792 – 270 wRC+) 05:00 Taylor Ward (Worst OBP in baseball at .215) 09:30 Marcus Semien (.179 with 2 HR / 1 SB – Keep playing him?) 12:20 How good is Hunter Brown? 14:40 Best winning % in the A...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:00 Shelby Miller 16:50 Lucas Giolito 19:40 Zach Agnos 22:00 Lance McCullers 24:30 Griffin Canning 27:00 Luisangel Acuna 29:00 Daulton Varsho 30:30 Coby Mayo 33:30 Sal Frelick 36:55 Kyle Stowers 40:00 Deep-league pitchers 51:30 Deep-league hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets...

0:00 Intro/Rockies have won back-to-back games, don’t let them get hot Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Andy Pages $20 Shelby Miller $18 Jordan Beck $15 Steven Matz $5 9:38 Gunnar Hogland $4 Javier Baez $3 Lance McCullers $3 Marcelo Mayer $1 14:05 Chris Martin $1 Kevin Ginkel $0 Zach Agnos (not added) 19:03 Two-Start Pitchers (Week of May 5, 2025) Corbin Burnes 4 (Todd 3)...

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss a group of hitters who have improved in multiple different underlying metrics at once. --- 00:00 Intro 02:00 Starting pitcher news 08:20 Injury news 16:05 Skillset 1, early hitters 35:00 Skillset 1, late hitters 53:10 Skillset 2, early hitters 58:35 Skillset 2, late hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets +...

James Anderson and Chris Welsh preview the rookie-level complex leagues that are about to get underway in Arizona, Florida and the Dominican Republic! Players discussed: Yolfran Castillo JD Dix Emil Morlaes Kale Fountain Paulino Santana Jhonny Level Yairo Padilla Rainiel Rodriguez Luke Dickerson Josuar De Jesus Yorger Bautista Elian Pena + Many more!   Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB ti...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson break down 10 polarizing closing situations, highlighted by Devin Williams losing the closer's job in New York. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 4-29 00:30 Welcome 01:00 10 Polarizing Closers 01:30 Early Closers Draft Mistakes? 03:45 Devin Williams 10:15 Emmanuel Clase 15:10 Raisel Iglesias 17:30 Vivid Seats 18:30 Edwin Diaz 21:30 Ryan Helsley 25:00 Carlos Estevez 27:40 Ryan Walker...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss the weekend in baseball and then jump into all the adds and drops in a busy week in FAAB, including massive bidding on Nick Kurtz and Agustin Ramirez. They also discuss all the shifting closing situations across the league and try and figure who to add in each one and also talk Orioles, Astros, Nick Lodolo, Tyler Glasnow and a whole lot more. Follow us on Tw...

Erik Halterman and guest Marty Tallman go over their top waiver pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 16:30 Nick Kurtz 22:15 Agustin Ramirez 25:25 Rhys Hoskins 28:50 Ranger Suarez 31:30 Noelvi Marte 35:30 Tony Gonsolin 37:35 Andrew Vaughn 39:20 Porter Hodge 41:45 Connor Norby 43:20 Cade Smith 47:00 Josh Smith 50:00 Deep-league pitchers 1:02:30 Deep-league hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the...

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!  Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/Night of returns...

Erik Halterman is joined by Scott Chu of Pitcher List to discuss a handful of struggling hitters, trying to figure out which cold starts are genuinely worrying and which have presented buy-low opportunities. --- 00:00 Intro 02:15 Injured Closers 05:45 Other Headlines 20:00 Juan Soto 23:45 Gunnar Henderson 27:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 32:35 Julio Rodriguez 36:35 Yordan Alvarez 40:45 Trea Turner 43:0...

James Anderson and Zac Beck talk realist breakout, buy-low targets, breakouts we're not buying, FYPD prospects on the rise, relief prospect with the most upside and much more! 01:40 Aroon Escobar  04:55 Cristian Hernandez  06:45 Spencer Jones  09:45 C.J. Kayfus  11:35 Dylan Crews  13:25 Brandon Winokur  15:15 Carson Williams  17:00 Matt Shaw  19:20 Brandon Clarke  22:40 Michael Forret/Ben Hess  25...

Will the real Zac Gallen please stand up? Is this version of Chris Bassitt for real? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the news of the day and at least 10 polarizing starting pitchers. --- 00:00 Fred Zinkie 4/22 Pod 00:30 Welcome 01:30 Nick Kurtz Getting the Call 14:30 How Much FAAB do you need for five months? 24:15 Chandler Simpson 27:50 Spencer Strider to IL 31:10 Vivid Seats 32:01 BlueWire...

Jeff Erickson and Scott discuss the weekend in baseball and then jump into all the adds and drops in FAAB, including heavy action on Chandler Simpson and Caleb Durbin. They also preview Week 5, talk Cubs and Royals offenses and try and find possible pitching adds in a really scarce week in pitcher FAAB. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire.    Vivid Seats Swing into...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver pickups for a week that was full of prospect callups. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:26 Chandler Simpson 21:08 Nick Kurtz 25:29 Caleb Durbin 29:04 Edgar Quero 32:14 Austin Hays 33:47 Pavin Smith 38:19 Hayden Wesneski 39:50 Tyler Mahle 42:04 Luis L. Ortiz 45:04 David Bednar 48:55 Deep-league Pitchers 59:59 Deep-league Hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into...

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!  Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/23 mph winds blow...

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, founder of Pitcher List, to figure out which pitchers off to hot starts are genuinely breaking out and which are merely in a groove. --- 00:00 Intro 02:45 Spencer Strider 07:25 Bobby Miller 12:00 How Nick analyzes pitchers Hot starts: 21:00 Cole Ragans 26:00 Hunter Greene 28:50 Joe Ryan 32:30 Logan Webb 36:20 Shane Baz 39:55 MacKenzie Gore 42:55 Chris Bass...

James Anderson welcomes on Taylor Corso and Kyle Sonntag of Prospects Live to talk about the best prospects to add in your shallow, mid and deep-sized dynasty leagues!   00:00 Intro  01:45 Yophery Rodriguez  05:40 Tommy Troy  07:05 Dasan Hill  10:10 Nolan McLean  13:45 Gabriel Rincones  16:35 Ernesto Martinez Jr.  19:55 Jonathan Santucci  21:35 Brandon Young  22:50 Austin Overn  25:30 Henry Bolte ...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss 10 hitters that are off to interesting early hitter stat lines, including Jazz Chisholm and Jacob Wilson. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 4-15 00:30 Welcome 01:45 Jacob Wilson 10:00 Gabriel Arias 12:11 BlueWire 12:15 News and Injuries : 12:30 Marcell Ozuna will miss the Jays series (hip)….. 15:15 Jays notes - Easton Lucas, George Springer seems to have avoided a major inju...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend across baseball and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk the scoreless Rockies, Jung Hoo Lee, Chris Sale and more before getting into all the popular names in FAAB this week, including Chase Dollander, Davis Festa, Zac Veen and Chase Meidroth. Follow us on Twitter / X: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire   Vivid Seats Sw...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 17:45 David Festa 20:30 Zebby Matthews 23:45 Landen Roupp 26:40 Justin Verlander 29:00 Nick Kurtz 30:25 Sean Murphy 33:35 Zac Veen 36:40 Matt Wallner 39:10 Dylan Moore 42:30 Geraldo Perdomo 45:25 Jesus Sanchez 48:30 Deep-league pitchers 1:00:15 Deep-league hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the sea...

Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!  Take in all the on-field action from the first pitch to the final inning with a great selection of MLB tickets. Plus, as a Vivid Seats Rewards Member, you can earn amazing rewards all year long just for buying! So, sign up today and start earning toward your next purchase. Get tickets today! 0:00 Intro/Zac Veen arrives,...

Erik Halterman is joined by Lauren Auerbach of Fantrax to discuss a handful of teams which have started out unexpectedly hot or cold in an attempt to figure out if fantasy players misevaluated anyone during draft season. --- 00:00 Intro 02:20 Kyren Paris does it again 08:45 Pitcher Injuries 14:45 Angels 21:20 Rangers 28:30 Padres 34:45 Giants 40:00 Blue Jays 48:00 Cubs 53:20 Braves 1:01:45 Orioles...

James Anderson welcomes on Andrew Geller (aka The Gildz) to talk about some early hits and misses and early-season roster management! 00:00 Intro 02:20 Evaluating potential drops 03:50 Potential drops 06:50 Pete Alonso 11:20 Kyren Paris 18:15 Zach Neto 24:00 Early Hits 35:35 Early Misses 44:15 Early FOMO   Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid Seats!  T...