RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Erik Halterman is joined by Marty Tallman to discuss some of this year's most disappointing teams. Are they filled with buy-low targets, or are they filled with players who just aren't as good as we thought they were? --- 00:00 Headlines 12:25 Tigers 26:30 Mets 36:45 Phillies 45:00 Mariners 50:15 Blue Jays 57:20 Red Sox 1:01:25 Astros 1:05:50 Orioles Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert...

James Anderson and Jordan Rosenblum discuss tactics for making trades in dynasty leagues and also talk about top players to sell high on and top injured players to stash in dynasty baseball leagues!   09:00 Dynasty strategy 15:05 Proposing a dynasty trade 20:15 Evaluating past trades 33:45 Munetaka Murakami, Mickey Moniak 38:50 Jacob Misiorowski 42:35 Cam Schlittler 44:30 Chase Burns 47:40 Mike Tr...

Luis Robert has been both terrible and injured to begin the season for the Mets, and now they are calling up a top prospect in A.J. Ewing to fill in for him. Should be dropping Robert in all of our leagues? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss a list of problem hitters and what to do about them. --- 00:00 Hitters to Cut Podcast 00:15 Welcome to Fred Zinkie 00:30 News 02:40 Mookie Betts is back….....

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad cover the weekend in baseball, discussing, among other things, CJ Abrams, Davis Martin, the Rays, injuries and a big weekend of FAAB highlighted by Spencer Jones, Ryan Waldschmidt and Bryce Eldridge. 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.  H...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire pickups of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Robby Snelling 18:03 Ben Brown 22:18 Bryce Miller 26:54 Gregory Soto 30:02 Tony Santillan 33:33 Bryce Eldridge 36:52 Ryan Waldschmidt 38:49 Spencer Jones 42:38 Carlos Cortes 47:29 Joe Mack 49:45 Griffin Canning 51:11 Walbert Urena 53:51 Brock Stewart 55:30 Ryan Zeferjahn 57:42 Cole Sulser 1:00:...

0:00 Intro/the Cincinnati Reds have now lost seven straight games… Steak League FAAB: 9:40 Rico Garcia $16 Griffin Canning $12 12:30 Spencer Jones $12 Griffin Jax $5 Gus Varland $5 Roki Sasaki $4 Ryan Zeferjahn $3 Jake McCarthy $3 Leody Taveras $2 17:40 Kade Anderson $1 Other names to consider: Joe Mack, Graham Ashcraft, Ben Brown  25:15 Two-start pitchers: Michael Soroka 2 (Todd 3) Jeffrey Spring...

Erik Halterman is joined by Chris Towers of CBS Sports to check in on how this year's top sleepers and most-hyped players are doing after six weeks of play. --- 00:00 Pitcher injury news 7:20 Robby Snelling set for call-up 12:55 More headlines 18:30 Nolan McLean, Cam Schlittler, Jacob Misiorowski 22:10 Emmett Sheehan 26:25 Chase Burns 28:40 Bubba Chandler 33:25 Samuel Basallo 35:40 Carter Jensen 3...

With over a dozen high-profile prospect graduations, James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss what the new top 10 prospects will look like when prospect rankings get updated later this month!   01:30 Jesus Made vs. Leo De Vries 15:10 Colt Emerson, Walker Jenkins 19:20 Rainiel Rodriguez, Edward Florentino, Josue De Paula 27:50 Mike Sirota, Eduardo Quintero 31:40 Luis Pena vs. Eli Willits 37:10 Cale...

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss tough hold-vs-cut-vs-trade decisions with early struggling pitchers. --- 00:00 RW Pod 5-5-26 00:15 News: 00:30 Tarik Skubal is out for a few months. That’s two of the Big-3 starters on the IL….. 10:00 Joe Ryan doesn’t need to go on the IL. 11:00 Roman Anthony left with a wrist injury….. 14:20 Jhoan Duran and Raisel Iglesias return today. Closer normalcy!…… 15:...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk some strong first months from Matt Olson, Mike Trout and a whole bunch of catchers, break down a slew of weekend injuries and discuss all the adds and drops in FAAB, including active bidding for Christian Scott and Travis Bazzana. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to discuss their top waiver wire adds of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:00 Jared Jones 16:40 Janson Junk 19:00 Jack Perkins 23:00 Logan Henderson 25:15 Jacob Latz 28:45 Luis Severino 31:15 Travis Bazzana 35:15 Daniel Schneemann 38:00 Cole Young 40:00 Nathan Church 42:50 Jake Bennett 46:35 Christian Scott 49:40 Rico Garcia 53:20 Tyler Phillips 55:10 Kyle...

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now ! 0:00 Intro/the Atlanta Braves might have an Austin Riley problem Steak League FAAB: 6:55 Travis Bazzana $25 Jacob Latz $21 Matthew Liberatore $13 11:10 Jack Perkins $11 Tyler Phillips $9 Elmer Rodriguez $8 Victor Vodnik $8 14:40 Jared Jones $6 Christian Scott $4 Kyle Finnegan $3 19:00 Other names to consid...

Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Carter to review every closer situation in baseball in search of potential pickups. --- 00:00 Headlines 9:45 Padres 11:05 Dodgers 14:00 Guardians 14:55 Mariners 16:00 Phillies 17:35 Mets 19:25 Yankees 21:05 Red Sox, Orioles 21:50 Cubs 24:10 Braves 26:50 Blue Jays 29:50 Reds 31:40 Marlins 33:40 Royals 36:00 Astros 39:25 Tigers 42:10 Brewers 44:10 Giants 47:05 Pirate...

James Anderson and Frank Stampfl discuss some fantasy baseball players who they are much higher on and lower on than before the season!   01:25 Sal Stewart vs. Nick Kurtz 06:30 Who’s The No. 1 Catcher? 13:40 Who’s The No. 1 2B? 22:40 Munetaka Murakami 27:55 Kazuma Okamoto 31:05 Miguel Vargas 34:15 Jose Caballero 37:00 Trevor Story/Ezequiel Tovar 40:15 Mike Trout 45:20 Brayan Rocchio 46:35 Ryan O’H...

Fred Zinkie is here to tell Jeff Erickson that it's not all bad yet, even though Fernando Tatis Jr. is his first-round pick. We'll also talk about the Top K-BB starting pitchers in baseball so far. --- 00:00 RotoWire 4-28-26 MLB Pod 00:30 News : 00:40 Phillies fire Rob Thomson 08:30 Are we bananas for Bazzana? 14:30 Elmer Rodriguez debuts Wednesday. 16:00 Max Muncy (ATH) is out with a broken hand....

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up a wild weekend in baseball, talk weekend injuries and break down all the adds and drops in another busy FAAB Sunday. They discuss the great starts for Kyle Harrison, Cam Schlittler and Kevin McGonigle as well as the poor starts by Logan Webb, Aaron Nola and Logan Gilbert, before getting into the heavy FAAB prices for Payton Tolle and JR Ritchie. Sling Get yo...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top waiver wire adds of the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:09 Payton Tolle 17:09 JR Ritchie 21:37 Louis Varland 26:34 Brad Keller 29:27 Tanner Scott 31:58 Alex Vesia 37:53 Josh Jung 40:32 Xander Bogaerts 42:48 Miguel Vargas 45:12 Jasson Dominguez 48:50 Lucas Giolito 50:56 Peter Lambert 54:19 Hunter Dobbins 56:37 Connor Prielipp 1:00:04 Phil Maton 1:03:16 Bra...

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now ! 0:00 Intro/The second-worst hitter by fWAR this season: Rafael Devers Steak League FAAB: Chase Dollander $22 Tanner Scott $21 Kumar Rocker $13 Alex Vesia $9 Brad Keller $8 9:22 JR Ritchie $7 Andrew Benintendi $4 Caleb Kilian $4 Connor Prielipp $4 Daniel Schneeman $4 Tony Santillan $2 Dalton Rushing $2 Max...

Erik Halterman is joined by Dave McDonald to discuss some struggling hitters. Is it time to cut, hold, or buy low? --- 00:00 Headlines 14:45 Catchers 26:45 First Base 36:40 Second Base 47:20 Third Base 57:55 Shortstop 1:02:30 Outfield --- Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now ! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and p...

James Anderson and Lucas Morel discuss Noah Schultz's forecast before analyzing all the top hitter breakouts in the minors!   01:30 Noah Schultz 07:30 Franklin Arias 14:20 Jhonny Level 17:50 Devin Fitz-Gerlad 21:15 Theo Gillen 25:25 Juneiker Caceres 29:30 Nathan Flewelling 34:35 Pedro Ramirez 39:35 Luis Lara 44:50 Blaze Jordan 47:10 Ronny Cruz 52:20 Taitn Gray 56:15 Josiah Hartshorn 59:40 Cam Mald...

Cal Raleigh was a league-winner last year, but is it worth it generally to pay the price for a top catcher? Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson explore that, and talk about Edwin Diaz's injury and the Dodgers' replacement(s). --- 00:00 4-21-26 00:30 News 00:45 Edwin Diaz out until ASB (who closes? Drop Diaz?)….. 07:20 Raisel Iglesias to the IL (shoulder) 10:30 Zack Wheeler returns Saturday 13:15 The wor...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad recap a busy weekend in FAAB, break down all the madness at the closer position across baseball and discuss some struggling offenses. They talk about the slow starts on the Red Sox and Royals and all the newly open closer situations, before digging into a wild weekend in FAAB, including large bids on Noah Schultz, Sam Antonacci and Spencer Arrighetti. Sling Get your...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:10 Justin Wrobleski 13:05 Noah Schultz 17:30 Mick Abel 20:00 Landen Roupp 22:25 Caleb Thielbar 24:50 Ben Brown 30:00 Sam Antonacci 35:30 Daulton Varsho 38:35 Angel Martinez 41:35 Gary Sanchez 43:20 Moises Ballesteros 47:45 Enyel De Los Santos 52:30 Chase Silseth 55:50 Joel Kuhnel 58:...

Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now ! 0:00 Intro/Closer madness! Steak League FAAB: 5:50 Noah Schultz $17 Sam Antonacci $16 Charlie Condon $9 Jeremiah Jackson $8 Enyel De Los Santos $4 Gary Sanchez $3 Colin Rea $2 Louie Varland $1 Keider Montero $0 20:15 Other names to consider: Spencer Arrighetti, Erik Miller, Didier Fuentes More roster trend...

Erik Halterman is joined by Nick Pollack, the founder of Pitcher List, to discuss some of this year's breakout starting pitchers. --- 00:00 Intro 2:05 Noah Schultz debut 5:10 Pitcher injury news 11:20 Nolan McLean 13:40 Cam Schlittler 15:00 MacKenzie Gore 19:30 Jose Soriano 23:40 Shota Imanaga 26:20 Drew Rasmussen 30:20 Taj Bradley 32:55 Emerson Hancock 35:45 Parker Messick 36:50 Braxton Ashcraft...