RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Clay Link and Todd Zola are back talking news, fantasy baseball rankings, recent drafts and more! Sign up for Fantrax FREE today and you’ll be entered to win an Official MLB signed jersey from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Simply visit this link to sign up today. EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Earn up...

Erik Halterman and guest Jason Collette go over Jason's bold predictions for the upcoming season. --- 00:00 Intro 02:45 Headlines 10:00 AL East 19:20 AL Central 32:10 AL West 41:25 NL East 51:45 NL Central 1:00:00 NL West --- EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Earn up to 0.5% on every d...

James Anderson and seasoned NFBC Auction player Marc Winokur go through some recent high-stakes auctions and which players are more in-demand by auction players than by snake draft players! 00:00 Intro 01:20 Early Auctioning 13:10 Closers in Auctions 20:30 Buying Skubal 28:00 Old, boring SP2s 32:50 What A Cheap Offense Looks Like 38:00 Zero-Dollar Players 40:55 Stacking 46:00 Top Hitters Overprice...

Everyone has a take on Juan Soto and Kyle Tucker, but Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson make sure that you don't ignore Austin Hays to the Reds, Max Kepler to the Phillies and more, as they break down the top 10 underrated transactions of the offseason. --- 00:00 10 Underrated Transactions 00:30 Welcome Back Fred Zinkie 01:15 Blue Jays Offseason 05:20 Austin Hays to the Reds 09:45 Jonathan India to Ro...

Jeff Erickson and guest host Vlad Sedler discuss the big changes from the offseason, including Juan Soto to the Mets, the Kyle Tucker trade, Roki Sasaki signing with the Dodgers and more! --- 00:00 Grading the Biggest Moves of the Fantasy Offseason 00:30 Welcome to Vlad Sedler 01:30 Moves 01:42 Juan Soto signs with the Mets 05:50 Kyle Tucker traded to the Cubs 09:15 Garrett Crochet traded to the R...

Todd Zola chats with Nick Pollack about PitchCon and the ALS charity component along with Justin Mason and the donations made to Fantasy Cares Org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Simple...

James Anderson is joined by RotoWire's reliever expert Ryan Rufe to go through Ryan's brand new reliever rankings and discuss which closers to target and avoid in 2025 fantasy baseball leagues! 00:00 Intro 01:00 Josh Hader 02:25 Devin Williams 03:15 Emmanuel Clase 05:40 Raisel Iglesias 07:40 Edwin Diaz 09:50 Mason Miller 11:40 Ryan Helsley 13:15 Felix Bautista 14:50 Kirby Yates/Tanner Scott 19:40...

The early rounds are for building out a reliable core, and the late rounds are for taking shots on high-upside sleepers. But what happens in between? Erik Halterman and Todd Zola attempt to answer that question in both general and specific terms, looking at overall strategies and particular players to target in rounds 8-12. --- 00:00 Intro 3:45 Headlines 16:35 General Middle-Round Strategy 31:45 M...

James Anderson and legendary fantasy player Phil Dussault discuss players and strategy that will help you dominate your 2025 fantasy baseball leagues! 00:00 Intro 01:00 Riskiest 1st Round Pick 06:35 Jackson Merrill 11:25 James Wood 14:45 THE Dodgers SP To Target 18:25 6-man Rotations 31:30 Reliever Strategy 41:25 Shane McClanahan 47:00 Rays ballpark effects 52:35 Phil vs. Dusty 01:00:05 Chase Doll...

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about the updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings! 00:00 Intro 02:00 Sebastian Walcott 03:45 Leodalis De Vries 06:15 Zyhir Hope 07:30 Walker Jenkins 08:55 Jesus Made 11:10 Jordan Lawlar 11:55 Cam Collier 14:10 Alejandro Rosario 15:45 Travis Sykora 16:16 Down Arrows 18:35 Lazaro Montes 20:15 Jett Williams 22:05 Jackson Holliday 24:30 Konnor Gri...

Erik Halterman and Jenny Butler discuss the best ways to get your fantasy baseball team off to a good start through the first three rounds. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:40 Big-picture strategy 29:15 Specific starting trios 49:30 Setting your KDS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com...

00:00 Intro 00:35 Roki Sasaki 01:30 Travis Bazzana 02:45 Nick Kurtz 04:10 JJ Wetherholt 05:15 Charlie Condon 08:50 Jac Caglianone 09:50 Christian Moore 10:55 Chase Burns 13:30 Braden Montgomery 15:25 Konnor Griffin 18:20 Cam Smith 19:50 Hagen Smith 21:15 Bryce Rainer 22:25 Carson Benge 23:25 Griffin Burkholder 25:00 Slade Caldwell 26:45 Braylon Payne 29:45 Josuar Gonzalez 33:30 Ryan Waldschmidt 34...

Athletics Osvaldo Bido will be in the rotation, right? Roster Resource has him at AAA for some reason… Arizona Nowhere for Jordan Lawlar to play?  Atlanta Will they really go into the year with one of Ian Anderson, AJ Smith-Shawver or Bryce Elder in the rotation? Baltimore Probably nowhere for Heston Kjerstad or Coby Mayo to play as things stand, but they’re both seemingly a trade or an injury awa...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer take a closer look at a handful of pitchers who divide opinion in 2025 draft rooms based on their unusual 2024 seasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 Simp...

Erik Halterman and guest Michael Govier share their fantasy baseball-related New Year's resolutions. --- 00:00 Intro 3:00 Gleyber Torres to Tigers 8:10 Corbin Burnes to D-Backs 13:15 Charlie Morton to Orioles 14:05 Hye-Seong Kim to Dodgers 19:00 Less league variety 22:40 Don’t wait too long on closers 25:40 Don’t sign this year’s Snell  29:50 Don’t chase the dragon 31:35: Drop players faster 34:15...

James Anderson answers dozens of questions about prospects, dynasty and redraft on a special Christmas Eve mailbag episode! 00:00 Intro 02:00 Matt Shaw 08:00 Coby Mayo 09:35 Shohei Ohtani 11:10 Buy-Low Targets 13:10 Gavin Williams 14:35 Valuing Oft-Injured Pitchers 16:15 Evan Carter 17:30 Sebastian Walcott 18:25 Emmanuel Rodriguez 19:40 Overhyped Prospects 23:35 Prospects Who Could Hit 40 HR 25:40...

James Anderson and Dave McDonald go through the first 15 rounds of recent fantasy baseball ADP and highlight which picks are potential land mines due to the injury/durability risk associated with the player. 00:00 Intro 02:02 Dr. Dave's Approach To Risk 16:50 Potential Round 1 Avoids 25:00 Potential Round 2 Avoids 36:00 Potential Round 3 Avoids 44:55 Fade Felix Bautista in Round 4? 47:50 Potential...

00:00 Intro 01:15 Dispersal Draft strategy 37:35 Highlander Draft strategy 41:00 Highlander Draft results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

00:00 Intro 01:15 Blake Snell to Dodgers 05:45 Cardinals logjam 13:35 Relievers getting stretched out? 21:30 Yusei Kikuchi to Angels 25:40 Frankie Montas to Mets 28:30 The Brady Singer/Jonathan India trade 32:50 Tommy Edman extends with Dodgers 36:30 Roki Sasaki landing spots 41:15 Rays playing in Steinbrenner Field 45:15 Zach Neto 48:30 Rapid-fire wrap-up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

00:00 Intro 01:10 Chandler Simpson 05:15 Catcher 28:50 First Base 37:00 Second Base 54:55 Third Base 58:30 Shortstop 01:02:40 UT-Only Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 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 AdsWi...

00:00 Intro 02:15 Jasson Dominguez vs. Dylan Crews 08:50 Roman Anthony 12:05 Heston Kjerstad 15:45 Chase DeLauter 24:40 Colby Thomas 27:00 Chandler Simpson 32:15 Zach DeLoach 34:35 Gustavo Campero 36:45 Jackson Jobe/Bubba Chandler/Kumar Rocker 42:15 Andrew Painter 44:15 Rhett Lowder/Zebby Matthews 47:40 Sean Burke/Jacob Misiorowski/Joey Cantillo 52:50 Michael McGreevy 54:30 AJ Smith-Shawver 56:25...

00:00 Intro 02:43 Planning vs. Opportunity 04:10 Stars and Scrubs vs. Spread the Risk 07:10 Mike's dynamite closer duo 13:40 2025 Player Pool vs. 2024 22:25 Catchers 29:40 Shohei Ohtani 31:25 William Contreras 33:15 Xavier Edwards 39:35 Jazz Chisholm/Royce Lewis/Mark Vientos/Junior Caminero 46:35 Luis Robert/Randy Arozarena/Bo Bichette 52:00 Yankees Starting Pitchers 59:00 Garrett Crochet Learn mo...

00:00 Updated dynasty rankings ! 00:45 Young Nationals hitters 08:45 Valuing Ronald Acuna in dynasty 12:05 DL Hall 13:20 Zyhir Hope 15:35 Where are the prospect tiers? 21:30 Junior Caminero vs. Jackson Holliday 25:10 Risky young hitters 28:15 Tink Hence 30:30 Austin Riley 31:10 Roki Sasaki 35:00 Biggest risers/fallers from Too Early Top 300 40:15 Jesus Made 41:25 Prospects who could be big risers...

00:00 Intro 04:20 Setting the ADP 13:15 Heavy exposure players 25:00 First Base 31:10 Shortstop 33:15 Third base & second base 38:30 Ronald Acuna 41:00 Jazz Chisholm 43:45 Logan Gilbert 45:55 Willy Adames/Zach Neto 50:15 Kyle Schwarber 53:00 Wyatt Langford 59:20 Zac Gallen 01:01:30 Most Outrageous ADP 01:10:15 Favorite injured pitchers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

00:00 Intro 04:30 Matt Shaw 06:20 Connor Phillips 09:05 More Matt Shaw 14:00 Andrew Painter 19:15 Kumar Rocker 26:30 Zyhir Hope 37:10 Charlie Condon 43:50 Jesus Made 55:00 Thomas Harrington 01:01:00 Michael McGreevy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAS...