RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

00:00 Intro 03:00 Catcher 06:45 First Base 10:00 Second Base 13:45 Shortstop 16:00 Third Base 20:05 Outfield 25:45 Starting Pitchers 27:00 Relievers 32:25 MacKenzie Gore 36:15 Chase Dollander 41:00 George Springer 42:10 Nolan Arenado 44:30 Paul Goldschmidt 45:55 Rhys Hoskins 49:50 Jorge Polanco 51:35 Starling Marte/Jacob Young 58:45 Josh Bell 1:01:00 Prospect vs. Injured Ace vs. Asian Free Agent L...

Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss the end of the Oakland A's and look back on the season that was on the final Friday podcast of 2024. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Major League Baseball in Oakland is no more Pickups Michael McGreevy (@ SF) Hayden Birdsong (vs. STL) Mitch Spence (@ SEA) Jona...

Erik Siegrist has a 30-point lead in the final week of the season in the RotoWire Staff Keeper League, fueled in part by Tarik Skubal, who is also carrying the Tigers' run to an AL Wild Card spot. He joins Jeff Erickson to discuss both races. --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about y...

1:15 Spencer Schwellenbach 6:40 Bowden Francis 10:00 David Festa 14:30 Ben Brown 18:30 Zebby Matthews 22:10 Hayden Birdsong 27:00 Landon Knack 29:40 Ben Casparius 31:20 Sean Burke 36:45 Cade Povich 37:10 Joey Cantillo 42:40 Spencer Arrighetti 45:40 Cody Bradford 46:40 Kumar Rocker 50:30 RP to SP Candidates Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss players on NL playoff or playoff-adjacent teams that can still alter their 2025 fantasy value. --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, an...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad preview the final week of the MLB season, discuss the last weekend of FAAB and look ahead at what the 2025 first round will look like. Thanks for listening all season!! Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire. Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits...

Erik Halterman and guest Paul Sporer discuss the themes and players which defined the 2024 fantasy baseball season. --- 00:00 Headlines 21:10 Chaos in the first round 30:15 Tons of starting pitcher injuries...but tons of risky pitchers worked out 40:00 Rookies don't always hit the ground running 46:30 Paul Skenes 49:40 Shohei Ohtani 54:30 Honorable mentions: Elly De La Cruz, Brent Rooker, Jarren D...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer recap the waiver wire season and offer up their FAAB recommendations for the final week. 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...

Todd Zola and Clay Link discuss Shohei Ohtani's historic season before moving on to the final crop of two-start pitchers in 2024. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player ever to 50-50 Pickups Jared Triolo - $9 Carlos Correa - $3 Evan Phillips - $1 Pavin Smith -...

Mike Ferrin joins Jeff Erickson to discuss the NL Wild Card race, with an emphasis on the Diamondbacks. --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.c...

1:50 Andrew Painter 5:20 Bubba Chandler 8:30 Andrew Walters 11:35 Zach Maxwell 16:00 Dalton Rushing 21:00 Edgar Quero 23:30 Jordan Lawlar 26:35 Adael Amador 29:00 Nick Kurtz 34:45 Coby Mayo 39:05 Roman Anthony 41:00 Colby Thomas 44:05 Jacob Melton Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about...

Because of his late start to the season and uneven results after returning from injury, it's difficult to put a 2025 value on Gerrit Cole, so his remaining starts in the regular season and playoffs will hopefully reveal more to us. Who else can we learn more from in the AL? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson tackle that topic. --- 00:00 - Needle-Moving AL Players for 2025 00:30 - Concept 02:30 - Yankee...

Scott Jenstad is joined by Vlad Sedler from FTN Fantasy to discuss the top tier of starting pitchers in 2025 drafts, the best FAAB pickups of 2024 and all the adds and drops from this week in fantasy leagues. Follow us on Twitter: @ScottJenstad I @RotoGut I @ RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credi...

Erik Halterman and Jason Collette discuss Jason's preseason Bold Predictions series and attempt to find lessons for next season from both the hits and the misses. --- Hits Spencer Strider is not a top-20 pitcher Zac Gallen finishes outside the top-100 final rankings Seiya Suzuki finishes ahead of Mike Trout Michael King is a top-40 overall pitcher Brenton Doyle is a top-75 outfielder Jo Adell is a...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer break down the latest baseball headlines and share their top pickups of the week.  --- 00:00 Headlines 18:15 Kumar Rocker 22:20 Jacob deGrom 25:20 Dean Kremer 27:10 Griffin Canning 30:15 Jasson Dominguez 32:45 Brendan Rodgers/Rockies Hitters 35:05 Zack Gelof 36:15 Ty France 38:10 Mike Yastrzemski 38:55 Travis d'Arnaud 42:00 Pick6 Picks 48:30 Budget Pitchers 57:05 Budg...

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back for the penultimate two-start pitcher podcast of the season! They also discuss Jackson Chourio, potential FAAB pickups for the stretch run and more. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/Jackson Chourio is the youngest player ever to go 20-20 Pickups Max Scherzer -...

2:10 Christian Moore 12:45 Carson Williams 21:15 Chandler Simpson 31:25 Sebastian Walcott 40:10 Robby Snelling 47:00 Moises Ballesteros 54:15 Jonah Tong 59:10 Chase Petty 1:04:00 First Pitch Arizona Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...

Todd Zola and Fred Zinkie review some news, then debate the top 15 starting pitchers for 2025. 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.com for inf...

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Toby (aka BatFlipCrazy), talk strategy for the final 3 weeks of the season, discuss the top end of the 2025 Closer Pool and break down all the adds and drop in FAAB, plus much more. Follow us on Twitter: @Jeff_Erickson I @ScottJenstad I @RotoWire Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pic...

Erik Halterman and Todd Zola review the biggest rankings debates of draft season and try to avoid making the same mistakes next year. --- DH: Should we avoid Shohei Ohtani? C: JT Realmuto or William Contreras? 1B: Pete Alonso or Vladimir Guerrero Jr.? 2B: Bryson Stott or Ketel Marte 3B: Spencer Steer or Nolan Arenado? SS: Elly De La Cruz or Francisco Lindor? OF: Jazz Chisholm, Nolan Jones, Mike Tr...

Erik Halterman (@erik_halterman) and guest Mike Couillard (@mcouill7) go over the latest headlines from around baseball and offer up their recommended FAAB adds. --- 00:00 Headlines 22:50 Brendan Rodgers 25:50 Kyle Manzardo 28:55 Anthony Rizzo 30:35 Trevor Story 33:30 Jacob Young 35:15 Aroldis Chapman 37:30 Ernie Clement 39:00 Reid Detmers 42:00 Rhett Lowder 43:30 Alex Cobb 46:10 Pick6 51:15 Budge...

Todd Zola and Clay Link are back talking all things fantasy baseball, including the Yankees' closer situation, injuries, two-start pitchers and more. Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. 0:00 Intro/The Yankees are getting “creative” with the closer role Pickups Luke Weaver Rhett Lowder - $2 Anthony Rizzo -...

Jen Piacenti from Sports Illustrated drops by to talk Astros with Jeff Erickson. Who will be in their playoff rotation? What do we expect with Kyle Tucker when he returns? Who plays first base? --- Pick6 Download the new DraftKings Pick Six app and use code RWPICKS. New customers play five bucks, and get fifty in Pick Six credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

0:50 Kumar Rocker/Jack Leiter 6:00 Arjun Nimmala 6:30 Starlyn Caba 8:35 Charlie Condon 11:50 Chase Dollander 17:15 Drew Gilbert 19:40 FYPD Strategy 21:30 Colt Emerson/Kevin McGonigle 25:20 Marco Luciano 25:50 Sebastian Walcott 29:00 Max Clark 29:35 Yoniel Curet + Rays Pitching Prospects 35:00 Pirates Rotation of Future 37:55 JR Ritchie 40:25 Jordan Lawlar 42:00 Candidates To Make OD Rosters 43:40...

Inspired by Daulton Varsho, Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie review which players are better in real life than fantasy, and which players are better in fantasy in real life, and try to find some underlying trends. --- 00:00 - Fred Pod 9-2 01:00 - Daulton Varsho comment from Sunday night.  02:15 - Varsho isn’t a good real-life hitter, but he’s been decent for fantasy this year ($8) and hit .281 with 1...