RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

Todd Zola and Jeff Erickson discuss the differences between the major best ball contests and share strategy tips for each. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout to re...

James Anderson and elite high-stakes player Steve Weimer discuss fantasy baseball roster construction strategies and much more!   03:30 Extreme hitters 10:30 Risky old hitters 15:20 This year’s George Springer 22:40 Projecting catcher playing time 27:15 How to attack 2B and 3B 32:00 This year’s Drew Rasmussen 37:10 Late-round outfielders to target 43:00 Late-round pitchers to target   Fantrax Fant...

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire and Fred Zinkie from Yahoo Fantasy Sports build a full roster comprised of players with 300+ ADP's. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter promo code PODCAST at checkout...

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com hosts Ariel Cohen of ATC Projections to discuss how you can use projections to win your league. --- 00:00 MLB Podcast 2-8 00:20 Welcome to Ariel Cohen 01:10 Top News 01:20 Framber Valdez to the Tigers 05:30 Kenley Jansen to close 12:30 Blake Snell Could Begin on IL 15:30 Fantrax 16:30 How to Use Projections to Win 16:45 What is ATC? 19:00 Projections Inputs / Compon...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer kick off their category sleepers series with a look at Runs and RBI. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:30 Runs Sleepers 16:10 Daylen Lile 19:25 Kazuma Okamoto 22:20 Otto Lopez 24:35 Brendan Donovan 27:30 Gleyber Torres 29:30 Willi Castro 31:15 JJ Wetherholt 35:00 Chase Meidroth 38:00 Masyn Winn 40:10 Austin Martin 43:10 RBI Sleepers 44:20 Munetaka Murakami 48:40 Jac Caglianone 5...

Intro/Back for another season on the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast Latest news Bunch of Tigers news Framber Valdez to the Tigers Tarik Skubal wins arbitration case A.J. Hinch strongly implies Kenley Jansen will be the closer Does this change anything for McGonigle? Eugenio Suarez returns to the Reds Sal Stewart expected to split time between 1B/DH Royals bringing in fences at Kauffman Stadium...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jason Collette to discuss Jason's annual Bold Predictions series, featuring three bold picks from every division in baseball. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:25 AL East 27:10 AL Central 40:45 AL West 47:30 NL East 56:30 NL Central 1:06:25 NL West --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! Get the latest fantasy sports insight...

James Anderson and Marc Winokur talk fantasy baseball auction strategy and recap Marc's first two high-stakes auctions of 2026!   02:00 How the 2025 winners spent their money 14:20 Marc’s surprise buys 21:25 Overpriced players 25:45 Skubal/Skenes/Crochet 29:15 Spending at 3B 30:40 Buying Rafael Devers 33:30 How to attack 2B 37:50 Willy Adames/Jung Hoo Lee 41:05 How much to spend on outfield 44:50...

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie break down the major additions and subtractions for each National League team and what it means for our fantasy baseball drafts. --- Fantrax Fantrax is the home of fantasy sports. Click here to sign up for Fantrax FREE today! (hyperlink: https://www.fantrax.com/rotowire) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com —enter...

Jeff Erickson from RotoWire.com and Paul Sporer from Fangraphs.com review the highlights from the offseason in the American League, and what it means for our fantasy leagues. --- 00:00 2-1-26 RotoWire MLB Podcast 00:20 Welcome to Paul Sporer 02:00 Weekend News 02:20 Eugenio Suarez to Reds 07:20 Luis Arraez to Giants 10:00 Jacob Wilson Extension 14:45 Free Agents Remaining 15:00 Pitchers: Framber V...

Erik Halterman is joined by Ryan Bloomfield of BaseballHQ to discuss the candidates to be this year's Nick Castellanos — players whose real-world value trails their fantasy value to the point that they're at risk of losing most or all of their playing time. --- 00:00 Headlines 10:30 This Year's Castellanos Overview 14:00 Hunter Goodman 15:40 Agustin Ramirez 19:20 Vinnie Pasquantino and Christian Y...

James Anderson and high-stakes fantasy baseball player Phil Dussault discuss some boom or.bust catchers, platoon outfielders, underrated players and much more as we head into the heart of 2026 fantasy baseball draft season!   01:30 More early drafting 04:00 When we know who we’re drafting 07:00 How the Main Event has changed 10:45 Toughest teams to project 15:35 A potential bust at Catcher 22:45 B...

Erik Halterman and Jeff Erickson discuss the players they disagreed on in the latest edition of the RotoWire Roundtable Rankings, starting right at the top with Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge fighting for the number one spot. --- 00:00 Headlines 12:30 #1 Overall: Judge or Ohtani? 16:30 Catcher: Rice or Contreras or Langeliers? 21:00 First Base: Kurtz or Guerrero? 26:30 Second Base: Rafaela or Holli...

James Anderson answers listener questions about the full-updated RotoWire top 400 prospect rankings !    02:00 Holy Shortstops! 04:15 Top 10 Prospects By Upside 08:10 State of the Rankings 10:45 What Causes Offseason Movement? 12:05 Rainiel Rodriguez 12:50 Joshua Baez 14:35 Walker Jenkins 16:20 This Year’s Luke Keaschall 17:30 Edward Florentino 18:15 Carter Jensen 23:00 Luis Pena 24:10 Tyler Bremn...

James Anderson, Zac Beck, Kyle Sonntag, Ross Jensen, Jesse Severe and Taylor Corso participate in a mock FYPD! Find out where the top 2025 draftees stack up against the international signees in your dynasty leagues!   01:40 Tatsuya Imai 02:15 Kade Anderson 03:00 Kazuma Okamoto 04:00 Munetaka Murakami 05:00 JoJo Parker 06:00 Liam Doyle 06:50 Dax Kilby 08:10 Eli Willits 09:40 Seth Hernandez 10:20 An...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jeff Zimmerman, co-author of The Process, to discuss the latest discoveries in the most recent edition of the award-winning book. --- 00:00 Headlines 14:30 What is The Process? 23:15 Second Opinions 26:30 Late Rounds of a Draft-and-Hold 29:10 Stats That Matter in an Overall Contest 32:45 PCA Clones 37:00 Successful Pitchers Despite Low Velocity 40:30 NFBC FAAB Bidding P...

James Anderson and Dustin McComas go through the top 150 starting pitchers by recent ADP and highlight many targets and avoids to get you prepared for you 2026 fantasy baseball drafts!   02:40 Garrett Crochet 04:45 Hunter Brown 05:55 Bryan Woo 07:50 Logan Webb 10:20 Kyle Bradish, Jesus Luzardo, Eury Perez 12:45 Kevin Gausman 15:00 Tyler Glasnow 15:35 Spencer Strider 16:35 Nick Pivetta 20:00 Nick L...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jake Halusker to talk about the players rising up draft boards in the early part of draft season, some of whom are rising due to signings or trades but many of whom are rising due to nothing but buzz. --- 00:00 Intro/Headlines 09:50 Rising after signings/trades, early rounds 14:20 Rising after signings/trades, later rounds 33:15 Rising due to nothing but buzz, early rou...

James Anderson and KC Bubba pinpoint some potential inaccuracies on Roster Resource that are leading to some players being overvalued and others being slept on, as playing time is key to winning fantasy baseball leagues!   02:30 Sal Stewart 05:20 Connelly Early 09:25 Lenyn Sosa 14:00 Jack Perkins, J.T. Ginn 18:25 Ian Seymour 21:50 Jacob Melton, Carson Williams 27:15 Spencer Arrighetti 30:20 JJ Wet...

Erik Halterman is joined by Sara Sanchez to discuss their fantasy baseball Christmas wishlists. Which players need just a bit more power, a bit more control, better health, and more? --- 00:00 Headlines 11:45 The Gift of Good Health 20:10 Gifts for Hitters 38:30 Gifts for Pitchers 56:05 The Gift of Playing Time Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire....

James Anderson and Rob DiPietro identify six players who are being drafted too early, including Rafael Devers and Oneil Cruz, before highlighting more than 10 players who are great late-round values in 50-round draft-and-hold leagues!   04:00 Trevor Megill 09:45 Rafael Devers 12:50 Oneil Cruz 17:25 Noelvi Marte 21:40 Jackson Holliday 25:15 Jonathan Aranda 29:45 Finding late DC gems 31:45 Andruw Mo...

James Anderson and Dave McDonald discuss the riskiest players who are getting drafted highly in 2026 fantasy baseball drafts, including Yordan Alvarez, Cole Ragans, Brandon Woodruff, Zack Wheeler and more!   03:25 Evaluating injury risk 11:35 Yordan Alvarez 19:15 Bryan Woo vs. Jacob deGrom 26:00 Cole Ragans 31:00 Josh Hader 33:50 Tyler Glasnow 36:20 Brandon Woodruff 38:10 Pablo Lopez 40:40 Shane B...

James Anderson and Rob Silver discuss the rookie shortstop class, sleeper candidates to hit 30-plus homers, reliever land mines, Rob's prospect for 2026 plus much more!   01:40 Konnor Griffin 09:20 Rookie Shortstops 13:20 Finding Cheap Power 15:45 Jorge Polanco 17:35 Dominic Canzone 19:45 Royce Lewis 23:05 Max Muncy (LAD) 26:20 Jordan Walker 31:25 Power Sleepers 34:00 Reliever Land Mines 41:50 Cha...

James Anderson and Tim McLeod discuss Tatsuya Imai, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto and the rest of the players making the leap from Asia to MLB in 2026!   01:10 Tatsuya Imai 06:25 Munetaka Murakami 10:45 Kazuma Okamoto 15:30 Cody Ponce 18:50 Foster Griffin vs. Anthony Kay 22:35 Jon Duplantier 25:00 Lewin Diaz isn’t coming over 26:50 Jo Hsi Hsu 28:45 Sung-Mun Song 31:35 Open Universe Targets 37:...

The 2026 RotoWire Roundtable Rankings have arrived, and Erik Halterman is joined by fellow roundtable ranker Todd Zola to discuss the first round as well as some of the most difficult players to rank. --- 00:00 Intro 02:30 Headlines 10:15 The First Round 21:50 Rankings Disagreements, First Three Rounds 42:30 Rankings Disagreements, Later Rounds --- Link to the rankings: https://www.rotowire.com/ba...