RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Fred Zinkie shares his top trading tips and reviews the big Vlad Guerrero Jr. contract with Jeff Erickson. --- 00:00 Fred-Vision 4/8 00:30 Welcome - Vlad’s contract 12:00 Fred’s Annual trade tips 12:50 A) Make the offer 14:45 B) Concise explanation 16:45 C) Provide Options 20:00 D) Focus on Opponent 22:00 E) Unbalance 25:30 F) Streamline 28:15 G) Multiple Offers 30:40 H) You Don’t Know Everything...

Scott Jenstad is joined by special guest, Paul Sporer, and they discuss a busy weekend in baseball, run through all the injury news and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They talk about injuries to Victor Robles, Blake Snell and Ivan Herrera and then get into the FAAB bidding on Zac Veen, Kyren Paris, Dennis Santana and many more, all getting you ready for Week 3 in the MLB season.  Get t...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 15:39 Jordan Hicks 19:01 Max Meyer 21:37 Tommy Kahnle 23:49 Jose Soriano 27:08 Dennis Santana 30:01 Jordan Walker 34:05 Hunter Goodman 37:06 Ivan Herrera 39:38 Heston Kjerstad 41:53 Jacob Wilson 45:49 Deep League Pitchers 55:54 Deep League Hitters --- Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB ticket...

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Erik Halterman and guest Grey Albright of Razzball check in on some of the most-talked about players during draft season to see who already looks overhyped and who looks like they deserved the attention. --- 00:00 Torpedo Bats 06:05 Headlines 17:30 Roki Sasaki 24:50 Lawrence Butler 26:30 Willson Contreras 30:00 Dylan Crews 33:25 Michael Toglia 38:45 Ivan Herrera 41:15 Victor Scott 45:00 Jordan Wes...

James Anderson and Sam Dykstra of MLB Pipeline go through the most notable 2025 minor-league assignments for baseball's top prospects! 00:00 Intro 00:55 Jesus Made/Luis Pena 06:30 Nick Kurtz 10:00 Ethan Salas 15:55 Hagen Smith/Chase Burns/Trey Yesavage 22:15 Arjun Nimmala 24:55 Lazaro Montes/Josue De Paula 28:40 Justin Crawford 33:50 Spencer Jones 37:20 Chase Dollander 40:35 Luke Keaschall 42:40 L...

Which pitchers will be most in danger of getting hurt by this new bat? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 4-1-25 00:30 Torpedo Bats 08:00 Braves Woes - Jurickson Profar suspended. 0-5, 8 runs scored. Lopez on IR. Neris DFA’d. 17:30 David Bednar sent down 24:00 Vivid Seats 25:00 Sean Manaea setback 31:10 Rebet 32:10 Two-Start Streamer Disasters 32:45 Chris Paddack and Emerson...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a busy first weekend in Major League Baseball talking Yankees offense, Pirates stolen bases, Rafael Devers and all the adds and drops across leagues in FAAB. They discuss the big Luke Jackson bids, adding 2-start pitchers and which free agent bats might help you in Week 2.   Vivid Seats Swing into the season with MLB tickets + unbeatable rewards from Vivid S...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offers up their waiver wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:25 Closer chaos 17:30 Spencer Strider's rehab 20:45 Tyler Soderstrom 24:55 Spencer Torkelson 27:45 Victor Scott 30:50 Brandon Marsh 33:15 Kyle Manzardo 36:10 Jack Leiter 38:35 Sean Burke 40:30 Kris Bubic 42:55 Tony Santillan 47:00 AJ Smith-Shawver 50:00 Deep-league pitchers 1:01:20 Deep-l...

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Erik Halterman is joined by Matt Morris of Scout the Statline to break down every rookie who earned an Opening Day roster spot. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:45 AL East Rookies 24:45 AL Central Rookies 34:35 AL West Rookies 48:45 NL East Rookies 58:30 NL Central Rookies 1:00:45 NL West Rookies 1:06:10 Minor-leaguers to stash --- NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online...

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about his updated Top 400 Prospect Rankings   00:00 Intro 01:20 Grant Taylor 03:15 Angel Genao 04:20 Alan Roden 06:15 Chase Petty 07:45 Emil Morales 10:20 Jett Williams 13:05 Spencer Nivens/Gavin Cross 16:20 Jacob Wilson/Max Muncy 17:20 Agustin Ramirez 19:15 Potential Risers 21:10 Sal Frelick 22:45 Zyhir Hope 23:55 Kristian Campbell 25:30 Zach Fr...

Mookie Betts is the incredible shrinking man, Shane McClanahan got hurt in his last spring training start, Cam Smith made the Astros Opening Day roster, Braves pitchers keep rising on the draft boards and the closer market got tighter with Alexis Diaz hitting the IL. Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson hit how these stories are changing late fantasy drafts and early free agent periods and more! --- 00:0...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview Week 1, discuss all the injuries across the league and discuss their NFBC Main Event drafts from Las Vegas this weekend. They break down how to deal with the half-week of games during Opening Weekend and get into the news from the past few days on Shane McClanahan, Zack Gelof, Gunnar Henderson and more. Then, they take an in-depth look through their big Main...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer review the winners and losers from the most important job battles around the league, highlighting players who have emerged as sleepers or early-season waiver pickups. --- 00:00 Headlines 18:48 Red Sox Closer 22:31 Atlanta Fifth Starter 25:26 Red Sox Second Base/Third Base/DH 29:01 Mets Second Base 31:26 Royals Fifth Starter 32:52 Nationals Fifth Starter 35:52 Tigers R...

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Erik Halterman is joined by Tristan Cockcroft of ESPN to review their NL-only Tout Wars draft, discussing their strategies and favorite value picks. Draft board: https://tinyurl.com/2025ToutWars. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 Hitter/pitcher balance 17:45 Building a deep-league bullpen 21:00 $1 players 26:20 Building a deep-league rotation 32:30 Building a deep-league lineup 36:45 Infield vs. Outfield...

00:00 Intro 01:45 Aroon Escobar 05:30 Arjun Nimmala 09:45 Didier Fuentes 16:45 Juan Valera/David Sandlin 21:50 Bubba Chandler/Thomas Harrington 25:45 Konnor Griffin 28:20 Bryce Rainer 30:55 Jake Bloss 34:45 Roman Anthony 36:30 Cam Smith 41:05 Jac Caglianone 44:00 Tony Blanco Jr. 46:25 George Lombard Jr. 49:20 Will Warren/AJ Smith-Shawver NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson share the players they've drafted the most so far this season, and the ones that got away.  --- 00:00 Fred Pod 3-17-25 00:30 Fred’s Guys – the players who Fred has drafted the most often this year. 02:15 Hitters : 02:30 Trea Turner 05:45 Bo Bichette 11:10 Jeff Hoffman interlude 15:00 Back to Hitters 15:30 Alec Bohm 19:45 Brandon Nimmo 22:15 Jake McCarthy 27:00 Nolan S...

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Scott Jenstad and special guest Toby G (aka BatFlip Crazy), livestream and break down the first super high stakes draft of the season, the $5,000 entry MTM Ultimate Draft from New York. They streamed the first twenty rounds of the draft, talking players, draft strategy, team building and everything else imaginable to help you get ready for all your upcoming big drafts. Follow us on Twitter / X: @S...

Erik Halterman ( @erik_halterman ) and Ryan Boyer ( @RyanPBoyer ) finish out their categories sleepers series with their favorite ERA and WHIP targets. --- NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship is Live!   Play fantasy baseball against your favorite RotoWire experts on NFBC this baseball season.   Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Clay Link and more w...

Erik Halterman is joined by Paul Sporer of FanGraphs to discuss Paul's favorite pitchers at each point in the draft. --- 00:00 Headlines 11:00 Top Fantasy Aces 15:45 High-Floor Aces 19:30 High-Ceiling SP2s 25:30 High-Ceiling SP3s and SP4s 33:45 Fantrax and NFBC 35:10 High-Floor SP3s and SP4s 39:20 SP3s and SP4s to fade 45:45 Staff Filler SP5s and SP6s 49:50 High-Ceiling SP5s and SP6s 54:20 Very la...

00:00 Intro 01:40 Auctioning For Beginners 08:50 Early Main Event prices 31:40 Pitchers Shooting Up 01:01:00 Players We’re Drafting   NFBC RotoWire Online Championship The NFBC RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship is Live!  Play fantasy baseball against your favorite RotoWire experts on NFBC this baseball season.  Jeff Erickson, James Anderson, Clay Link and more will compete in the RotoW...

Fred Zinkie (@FredZinkieMLB) and Jeff Erickson (@Jeff_Erickson) host their annual auction special, including Fred Zinkie's ways to improve auction formats. We'll also talk about Gerrit Cole's season-ending injury and what that means for the Yankees, and how our mid-to-late round pitching targets are getting more expensive. --- 00:00 3-11 Zinkie Pod 00:45 It’s official. Gerrit Cole needs TJS. 08:00...