RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Podcast

James Anderson and Eno Sarris discuss the 2026 fantasy baseball prices for the top young starting pitchers in the game, including Chase Burns, Jacob Misiorowski, Cam Schlittler, Emmet Sheehan and more!   01:20 High Upside SPs 03:20 Chase Burns 04:55 Cam Schlittler 09:30 Jacob Misiorowski 13:30 Emmet Sheehan 18:30 Nolan McLean 23:45 Trey Yesavage 27:55 Bubba Chandler 29:50 Cade Horton 33:25 Connell...

00:00 Intro 02:25 Cy Young Award winners 06:35 What does the first round look like? 18:30 Who is the SP4? 25:45 How has the catcher landscape changed? 35:05 How many closers are locked in right now? 43:15 What to do about second and third base? 49:05 What does it look like to wait on starting pitching (Frank's team)? 57:45 What does it look like to go pocket aces (Erik's team)? Get the latest fant...

James Anderson gives some quick risers and fallers from his too early top 300 rankings before breaking down the top 25 rookies for 2026 fantasy baseball leagues!   02:25 Risers/Fallers From Early Top 300 08:30 Top 25 Prospects For 2026 09:35 Nolan McLean is No. 1 12:15 Buy Samuel Basallo 14:25 Trey Yesavage Will Get Strikeouts 16:25 Market’s Sharp On Bubba Chandler 18:25 Stay In On Sal Stewart 21:...

James Anderson and Aram Leighton discuss the 2026 outlooks for Konnor Griffin and Kevin McGonigle before talking tough prospects to rank and Arizona Fall League standouts!   01:15 Konnor Griffin 04:45 Kevin McGonigle 11:10 Konnor Griffin’s ETA 16:25 Kevin McGonigle’s ETA 18:45 Nolan McLean vs. Trey Yesavage 25:25 Bubba Chandler 27:00 Who is the No. 4 pitching prospect? 29:30 First-Year Player Draf...

James Anderson and Owen Hurd discuss the industry prospect draft they're participating in, including which prospects went too high, and which prospects were the best values!   01:15 First Two Rounds 03:05 Nolan McLean Debate 07:35 Floor vs. Ceiling 10:40 Surprise Picks 11:45 Best Values 13:15 Bryce Eldridge Debate 16:45 Mining The Mock 24:35 Owen’s Team 28:15 Jordan Lawlar vs. Marcelo Mayer 29:55...

James Anderson is joined by excellent high-stakes fantasy baseball player Mike Mager to discuss their first draft of 2026 plus which positions look the deepest and which seem the shallowest this draft season.    05:30 The Big 3 Starting Pitchers 10:45 Ben Rice vs. Hunter Goodman 15:05 James’ Best Picks 17:15 Draft Regrets 30:55 Emmet Sheehan 34:20 Catcher Is Deeper Than Ever 41:05 Is Vlad a First...

On the first Prospect Podcast of the offseason, James Anderson is joined by deep dynasty league maven JT of the Os and 1s to talk about the art of finding breakout prospects, some 2026 sleepers and why Cardinals right fielder Joshua Baez is the most underrated prospect in the game!   05:35 Projecting Drake Baldwin 09:00 Agustin Ramirez’s Fantasy Upside 11:45 Will Wilyer Abreu Play Every Day? 15:40...

Erik Halterman is joined by Jeremy Schneider to review RotoWire's preseason staff sleepers and busts. --- 00:00 Headlines 08:50 Jeremy's Top Prospects to Watch 23:30 Hitter Sleepers 35:50 Pitcher Sleepers 54:20 Hitter Busts 1:05:20 Pitcher Busts --- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expe...

James Anderson is joined by Jim Tomony to discuss Jim's NFBC Overall leading Draft Champions team! Jim is likely to win his third NFBC overall championship and he discusses his strategy, his top players and all the quality young catchers entering the player pool.   02:20 Songs as Team Names 09:25 How To Draft And Hold 19:00 Jim’s DC MVP(s) 23:15 Young Catchers 37:30 Stay In on George Springer 42:0...

Jeff Erickson and Fred Zinkie discuss the final week's playoff races and 10 Second Half Stats you might not know. --- 00:00 Week 27 Fred Pod 00:15 Welcome 00:30 Playoff Update 03:45 Second half stats that warrant discussion……. 04:30 The Cubs are 27th in second half runs. Is this what this offense will look like without Kyle Tucker? 11:30 The Cardinals are last in second half runs. Is it time for m...

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad wrap up and exciting week of baseball and preview the final week, full of pennant races, Wild Card chases, rotation and FAAB pickup to make that final run in the standings. They discuss Mike Trout's down season, Matt Olson's recent hot streak and what the heck to do with Trevor Rogers next year before getting into all the FAAB adds and drops from the final weekend o...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer share their top FAAB recommendations for the final week of the regular season and review the top FAAB pickups of the year. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:23 Parker Meadows 15:09 Kody Clemens 17:01 Dominic Canzone 18:42 Nathaniel Lowe 20:11 Carter Jensen 22:45 Moises Ballesteros 25:27 Justin Verlander 28:59 Trey Yesavage 32:06 Riley O'Brien 34:43 Chalkboard Picks 39:18 Deep-Le...

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Intro/Clayton Kershaw announced yesterday that he will be retiring at the end of 2025 Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Xander Bogaerts $3 Trey Yesavage $2 Heriberto Hernandez $0 Moises Ballesteros $0 Cole Ragans $0 Andrew Kittredge $0 Chad Patrick $0 Bryce Eldridge $0 Francisco A...

Erik Halterman is joined by Mike Couillard to discuss the changing of the guard at the catcher position. --- 00:00 Intro 01:45 Clayton Kershaw retires 06:45 Other Headlines 20:20 Cal Raleigh 31:40 Hunter Goodman 34:35 Shea Langeliers 37:40 Agustin Ramirez 42:10 Ivan Herrera 44:40 Ben Rice 48:10 Drake Baldwin 50:50 Other rising catchers 58:30 Falling catchers --- Download Chalkboard today and use p...

James Anderson and Chris Welsh discuss candidates to be the MVP of the Arizona Fall League before diving into some recent prospect ADP!   01:45 Arizona Fall League MVP Candidates 02:45 Kevin McGonigle is going to rake 07:40 Sebastian Walcott could steal the show 12:10 Aidan Miller moving up rankings 17:00 Josue De Paula vs. Charlie Condon 23:20 Sleeper AFL hitters 35:30 Prospect ADP 38:05 Industry...

Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss the playoff races, Yordan Alvarez, and defensive stats that matter. --- 00:00 Fred Pod 9-16 00:15 Welcome 00:30 News : 01:00 Yordan Alvarez sprains ankle….. 06:30 Yesavage, Eldridge debuted…… 11:20 Bo Bichette getting second opinion on knee….. 13:20 Jordan Westburg returns….. Kyle Bradish already looks like an ace again….. 17:30 Cole Ragans returns tomorrow….....

Jeff Erickson and Scott Jenstad talk a busy weekend in baseball, break down a number of intriguing players looking ahead to 2026 and discuss all the adds and drops in the second-to-last FAAB period of the season. They give their thoughts on the 2025 seasons and 2026 draft prices on Junior Caminero, Mark Vientos and Jesus Luzardo, among many others, before getting into this week's FAAB action on Co...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer offer up their favorite fantasy baseball pickups for the week. -- 00:00 Headlines 12:45 Connelly Early 15:15 Emmett Sheehan 19:45 Tyler Wells 22:00 Andrew Kittredge 24:30 Brad Keller 27:10 Tommy Edman 29:25 Daylen Lile 31:20 Jose Caballero 34:10 Jake Burger 35:50 Tyler O'Neill 37:45 Chalkboard picks 43:30 Deep-league pitchers 50:50 Deep-league hitters -- Chalkboard Do...

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Intro/Connelly Early is the latest rookie to make waves in Major League Baseball Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Connelly Early $6 Michael Helman $2 Parker Meadows $2 Andre Pallante $1 Brad Keller $1 Otto Kemp $0 Cade Povich $0 Drew Gilbert $0 Walker Buehler $0 Cody Freeman $0 I...

Erik Halterman is joined by Derek VanRiper of The Athletic to discuss the most disappointing players at each position this year. Which ones are we out on for good, and which are we hoping everyone else is out on next year so we can draft them at a discount? --- 00:00 Headlines: Soto, Schwarber, Volpe, Winn 17:50 C: Adley Rutschman 22:15 1B: Jake Burger 25:45 2B: Ozzie Albies 29:50 3B: Austin Riley...

James Anderson and Brian Slack discuss a variety of dynasty topics including, when to push in, different trade tactics, dispersal drafts, plus some players to buy and sell heading into the offseason!   02:25 Dispersal drafting 04:40 Franchise Value vs. Present Value 07:50 When to go for it 18:20 Trade tips 26:10 Picking up prospects 34:55 More trade tips 38:05 Trading for Gunnar Henderson 44:30 Da...

Inspired by Ke'Bryan Hayes's trade to Cincinnati, Fred Zinkie and Jeff Erickson discuss players that would benefit from a similar change of scenery. ---- Chalkboard (primary sponsor)  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! (hyperlink: https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/cyy58i88) Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and pre...

Scott Jenstad and special guest, Paul Sporer, recap a fun weekend of baseball, talk 2026 prices on some players and discuss all the popular pickups in FAAB this week. They discuss the 2026 prospects for 2025 breakouts Jo Adell, Gavin Williams and Ben Rice and also talk about who ends up in the top 5 of starting pitchers and closers in 2026 drafts. They wrap up by summarizing all the adds in FAAB,...

Erik Halterman and Ryan Boyer go over their top waiver-wire recommendations for the week. --- 00:00 Headlines 13:58 Brandon Sproat 17:16 Braxton Ashcraft 20:28 Shawn Armstrong 22:51 Jose Ferrer 25:09 Josh Jung 26:32 Sal Stewart 31:04 Ha-Seong Kim 33:34 Jac Caglianone 37:41 Blaze Alexander 40:55 Harrison Bader 44:20 Chalkboard Picks 49:43 Deep-League Pitchers 58:46 Deep-League Hitters --- Chalkboar...

Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTOMLB to get $20 free with no deposit required! Play against our fantasy football experts in the RotoWire Online Championship for a shot at $250K  Enter now Intro/Kodai Senga has been optioned to Triple-A Pickups from the RotoWire Steak League on Thursday night: Sal Stewart $3 Hye Seong Kim $2 Joc Pederson $1 Bryce Elder $0 Ryan Weathers $0 Brayan Roc...