RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting . 0:00 Clay is off, Todd welcomes Tristan Cockcroft to the show Discussion concerning how to evaluate players without "waiting for proof". Examples of players showing changes: Randy Vasquez, JJ Bleday 9:56 Two Start Pitchers Pitcher TZ/THC Ryne Nelson 3/3 Jack Perkins 2/2 Aa...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halsuker to look at some players who could help you climb the standings in specific categories. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:30 Runs 24:45 Home Runs 32:45 RBI 36:45 Steals 45:45 Average 53:45 Strikeouts 57:35 Wins 1:03:20 Saves 1:08:50 ERA 1:12:10 WHIP --- SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your...

James Anderson and Lucas Biery discuss this year's top post-hype breakouts, including Jordan Walker and Miguel Vargas, before highlighting some players who could follow their post-hype breakout path in the coming months!   04:35 Preseason planning 06:00 Buying saves 13:30 Reserve MVPs 14:50 Cut Colt Keith? 19:15 Post-Hype Breakouts 22:15 CJ Abrams 25:40 Miguel Vargas 28:50 Jordan Walker 31:10 Xavi...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson check in on this year's rookies - who is surging, who is fading? Everybody loves Sal Stewart, but can he keep it going? Should you sell-high now? --- 00:00 MLB Pod 6-9-26 00:15 News: 00:30 The Jays are getting Dylan Cease back today, Max Scherzer back tomorrow and Alejandro Kirk back on Friday….. 03:00 Ryan Helsley is facing hitters 06:30 The Brewers-Athletics game wa...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss a busy weekend in baseball, hit on all the injury news and notes and break down all the adds and drops in FAAB. They take a look at the breakout seasons of Kyle Harrison, Ben Brown and Miguel Vargas before getting into another weekend of FAAB, highlighted by big bids on Lars Nootbaar, Alex Lange and Jasson Dominguez.   SeatGeek SeatGeek has seats to every ba...

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 0:28 Intro 2:48 Jackson Holliday 4:42 Noelvi Marte 8:27 Jung Hoo Lee 10:40 Edwin Arroyo 14:20 Troy Johnston 17:31 Bryce Eldridge 22:17 Noah Cameron 24:49 Dustin May 28:18 Reid Detmers 31:27 Christian Scott 33:40 SeatGeek 36:11 Sean Manaea 38:44 Andrew Alvarez 42:29 Martin Perez 44:46 Alex Lange 48:05 Tyler Phi...

SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting . 0:00 Intro/Aaron Judge will be re-evaluated in 4-to-6 weeks Steak League FAAB: 8:30 Will Vest $6 Yoendrys Gomez $4 Daniel Lynch $4 Nathan Lukes $3 Jacob Gonzalez $3 Sean Manaea $3 Shane Drohan $2 Heriberto Hernandez $0 15:20 Other names to consider: Noelvi Marte, Jonah Cox...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Crumpler to discuss a handful of confusing starting pitchers. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:45 Kyle Bradish 16:20 Bubba Chandler 19:40 Foster Griffin 23:10 Cade Cavalli 26:35 Taj Bradley 29:05 Nolan McLean 32:00 Landen Roupp 36:35 Spencer Arrighetti 39:30 Justin Wrobleski 42:20 Walbert Urena 46:15 Connelly Early 47:55 Randy Vasquez 50:10 J.T. Ginn 53:00 Dustin May 55:30 A...

James Anderson and Rhys White talk about a handful of their favorite minor leaguers to buy low on as well as a few to sell high!   01:50 Liam Doyle 03:30 Jarlin Susana 07:15 Caden Bodine 10:30 Cooper Ingle 13:55 Cooper Pratt 15:25 Steele Hall 17:30 Lazaro Montes 19:35 Charles Davalan 20:35 Ronny Cruz 22:15 Creed Willems 25:10 Brody Hopkins 26:35 Reinold Navarro 28:50 Tyler Bremner 30:35 Felnin Cel...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had just three extra-base hits for the entire month of May. Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie will break down eight other interesting stats for the month of May that fantasy managers need to know! --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 6-2-26 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 01:00 Aaron Judge scratched with a shoulder issue 03:00 Start Joey Cantillo? Or Gage Jump? 06:20 Josh Hader activated from 60-d...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a fun weekend in baseball and break down all the adds and drops across another active Sunday in FAAB. They discuss how to handle the struggling Sandy Alcantara and Jac Caglianone, celebrate Fernando Tatis, Jr finally homering, recap all the weekend injuries and highlight the popular adds in free agency, including Jared Jones, Gage Jump, Troy Melton and many...

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 0:23 Intro 3:38 Curtis Mead 6:10 Sam Antonacci 7:34 Spencer Horwitz 9:30 Alex Call 11:23 Keibert Ruiz 13:22 Jared Jones 15:10 Walbert Urena 17:03 Gage Jump 20:04 Troy Melton 21:51 Kyle Finnegan/Will Vest 31:05 David Sandlin 33:12 Stephen Kolek 36:26 Coleman Crow 38:37 Daniel Lynch IV 42:05 Zack Littell 46:48 T...

SeatGeek has seats to every ballpark, every matchup, every rivalry game you've been meaning to catch. Your seats are waiting . 0:00 Intro/Happy Jared Jones Day to those who celebrate Steak League FAAB: Curtis Mead $16 Stephen Kolek $9 6:45 Gage Jump $9 Colton Cowser $5 Kirby Yates $4 Anthony Volpe $4 12:45 Jonah Tong $3 Blake Dunn $3 Tommy Troy $3 Coleman Crow $3 Bryan Torres $1 River Ryan $0 21:0...

Erik Halterman is joined by Joe Orrico to look at some breakout and bust hitters who may have shown signs of heading in that direction late last season. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:20 Ben Rice 18:00 Corbin Carroll 21:15 Ryan Jeffers 24:00 Miguel Vargas 26:55 Michael Harris 30:15 Christian Walker 32:45 Ernie Clement 36:20 Ozzie Albies 40:50 Ketel Marte 45:55 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 52:05 Jose Ramirez 55:5...

James Anderson answers dozens of listener questions about his updated top 400 prospect rankings !   01:20 Tiers 02:20 Rankings Shakeup 04:20 Best power-hitting prospect 06:10 ETA for top prospects 07:45 Ceiling comps 08:40 Seth Hernandez, Kade Anderson 10:50 Henry Bolte 12:50 Mike Sirota 14:45 Aidan Miller 15:50 Franklin Arias 18:30 Luis Hernandez 19:50 Devin Fitz-Gerald 22:10 Caleb Bonemer 23:40...

Every MLB season brings surprises. This year you want to avoid having your starters going up against the Nats, & yet you do want them up against the Mets and Red Sox! Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss teams we want our pitchers to target. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 5-26-26 00:15 News 01:30 Tanner Bibee has a 1000.00 ERA when in my lineup and a 0.0001 ERA when on my bench LOL. He gave up 5 homers la...

Jeff Erickson and guest host Derek VanRiper from The Athletic's Rates & Barrels podcast get you set for Memorial Day Week's slate, and reviews the top free agents of the week, including Colt Emerson. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 5-24-26 00:20 Welcome to Derek VanRiper - Rates & Barrels, The Athletic! 01:50 NEWS 02:00 Toronto Blue Jays - Vlad Guerrero - elbow; Dylan Cease - hamstring. 06:20 Tigers Collaps...

Erik Halterman and Jeremy Schneider share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- Intro: 0:00 Miguel Andujar: 2:53 Colt Emerson: 4:46 Gavin Sheets: 7:55 Esmerlyn Valdez: 10:00 Andrew Vaughn: 12:55 Anthony Volpe: 15:23 Zebby Matthews: 18:30 Connor Prielipp: 21:24 Grant Taylor: 23:32 Cade Cavalli: 26:24 Kumar Rocker: 29:30 Spencer Miles: 31:45 Juan Mejia: 35:19 Zach Thornton: 38:06 Jesse Scho...

0:00 Intro/the Detroit Tigers have lost 14 of 16… Steak League FAAB: 5:45 Zebby Matthews $15 Kumar Rocker $11 Esmyerlyn Valdez $6 Grant Taylor $5 Cedric Mullins $4 Robert Gasser $4 Hogan Harris $3 Cole Carrigg $2 Kodai Senga $1 Tony Santillan $0 The Password $0 12:10 Other names to consider: River Ryan, Joshua Baez, Kaelen Culpepper, Jonah Tong, Pedro Ramirez 16:10 Two-start pitchers: Merrill Kell...

Erik Halterman is joined by Paul Sporer to discuss just how far we should move some of the most (and least) impressive pitchers so far on our rest-of-season rankings. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:40 Young aces: Schlittler, Misiorowski, Burns, McLean 25:50 Out of nowhere: Martin, Elder, Wrobleski, Arrighetti, McGreevy 34:00 Breakouts: Soriano, Harrison, Messick 39:35 Random great vets: Martinez, Wacha 41...

James Anderson and Chris Blessing discuss some of the top breakout prospects in the minors while also discussing some prospects who are losing value in dynasty leagues!   02:40 Eric Hartman 11:55 John Gil 20:10 Isaiah Drake 23:25 Conor Essenburg 26:15 Gage Wood 34:35 Anthony Eyanson 41:40 Henry Godbout 46:55 Xavier Isaac 54:40 Mitch Voit 56:25 Cam Collier 58:30 Hunter Parks Get the latest fantasy...

One quarter of the way into the season, James Wood and the Washington Nationals lead the majors in runs scored. Should we be benching all of our starters against them? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss which offenses to avoid.  --- 00:00 MLB Pod 5-19-26 00:20 News : 00:30 The IL was a popular spot yesterday. Corey Seager, 07:00 Jose Altuve 09:30 Ewing vs. Waldschmidt vs. Emerson 12:12 Kris Bub...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad discuss everything going on in fantasy baseball this weekend, including the struggles of Vlad Guerrero and Fernando Tatis, all the injuries and another very active Sunday of bidding in FAAB. They also break down the slumping Steven Kwan and Jarren Duran, preview the week ahead and detail just how much people were spending on rookies AJ Ewing and Henry Bolte, and muc...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver-wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 A.J. Ewing 15:55 Henry Bolte 20:05 Carson Benge 22:25 Spencer Steer 25:15 Mike Burrows 26:50 Grayson Rodriguez 29:25 J.T. Ginn 31:00 Jack Leiter 33:40 Caleb Kilian 36:10 Jack Wenninger 39:00 Troy Melton 40:25 Braxton Garrett 44:05 Zebby Matthews 46:00 Trevor McDonald 48:35 Garrett Cleavinger...

0:00 Intro/the No. 1 fantasy baseball player to date in 2026? Oneil Cruz Steak League FAAB: 5:36 A.J. Ewing $19 Ben Brown $15 J.T. Ginn $8 Lucas Giolito $5 10:38 Trevor McDonald $5 Bryan King $5 Chris Bassitt $4 Pierce Johnson $3 Leo De Vries $2 Tyler O’Neil $0 Other names to consider: Cole Carrigg, Zebby Matthews, Braxton Garrett 22:35 Two-start pitchers: Zac Gallen 1 (Todd 2) Ryne Nelson 3 J.T....